Allies seize west of Peking as foreign troops push
Aug 29 dispatch from Brindon reports allied forces resuming aggression and occupying district west of Peking. Li Hung Chang wires the dowager at Helan Fu about Prince Tuan arrest and Boxer disarmament, while Cap Castine’s movement and Yang Lu’s role in the anti foreign outbreak are noted by Shanghai correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Tuas
Peking
Bnuidon
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Helan
Prince Tuan
Boxers Ji
Yang Lu
Tuan
Dispatches from Peking Reflect Chinese Turmoil and Boxers
Washington reports indicate delays in Chinese communications between Tianjin and Peking amid a Boxer presence along the line. Conger notes no Chinese rep presence yet, several ministers expected, and German reinforcements arriving. Castine ordered from Shanghai to Amoy, while Gen. Chaffee’s engagement near Taku adds little new to prior war department data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ang
Tivn-taln
Peking
Conver
King
Conger
Mr. Conger
Miliary
Teuns Iyumiin
Imperial Palace
Jeaying
Shanghai
Amoy
Ee Ahice
Moon
Taku
Tiertein
Wint
Sumyer
Europe
Fien Tsin
War Department
Chaffee
Phainirad Reme
Quotations From Grass and Live Stock Markets
Aug 23 reports from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago detail grain prices for wheat corn and oats at No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern grades with varied bid ranges. Wool markets show steady flour and grain futures across Duluth Chicago and Milwaukee while Chicago cattle hog and sheep prices move within ranges for good to prime, selecting beef and dairy weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Vic
Barsley
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wit
Stern
Bronx City
Towa
South St. Paul
Looks Rather Crooked Walcott Quits In Madison Square Bout
New York Aug 29 The Walcott West fight at Madison Square Garden ended after eleven rounds when Walcott quit claiming a left arm injury. Referee Charlie White ordered the bout to continue, but Walcott refused, West declared winner amid charges of possible fix or outside influence and a large wager on West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcott
Went
New York
Tommy West
Joe Walcott
Twentieth Century Club
Madison Square Garden
West
Charlie White
Fitzsimmons Retires From Ring Under Horton Law
New York report states Robert Fitzsimmons declared retirement from boxing after an ineffectual bid to face James J. Jeffries for the heavyweight title before Horton Jaw expires next Friday at midnight. He said he is through fighting and will not claim the championship, though he would meet Jeffries if allowed, and departs the sport under the Horton law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennes
New York
Robert Fitzsimmons
James J. Jeffries
Jeffries
Baltimore Census Busts Growth in Town Populace
Washington report shows Baltimore’s census figures rising to 08,957 this year from 434 439 in 1890, a gain of 17.15 percent. The data released by the Census Bureau marks a marked growth, with the city’s population expanding over the period and indicating a strong urban rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
War Not Declared Yet as Chinese Forces Rally Near Peking
Washington reports no declaration of war by Russia or Japan against China. A rumor of a joint war was dismissed by officials while Japanese and Russian sources described Chinese forces gathering to attack the Allied position in Peking. Dispatches noted imperial family movements and troops marching from Shan Tung toward the capital.
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Mt Among
Washington
Oficinia
Peking
Russimany
Japan
China
Chefu
Russia
Germany
Betther
Department of State
Legations
Foreign Office of
Chaffee
Takahari
Tokio
Yamaguri
Wan Shan Shan
Forest Fires Threaten City as Crew Fights Blaze
Seattle August 28 2600 Cornelia City residents battle forest fires that raged nearly two weeks and threatened the town. A Solomon river fire earlier on August 10 burned 25 cabins with ten destroyed or damaged. Charles Blackwood of Cleburne Texas died August 6 while attempting a backfire. three others injured.
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Nto
Seattle
Wash
Cornell City
Solomon River
Charles Blackwood
Cleburne
Tex
Transvaal Lieutenant Executed for Parole Breach
A Pretoria dispatch reports Lieut. Cordua of the Transvaal artillery was executed by a court martial for breaking parole in a plot to abduct Lord Roberts and British officers. He walked to the garden behind the jail, requested binding, sat in a chair with folded arms, and was shot by ten rifles. His body was buried near the execution site.
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Lieut
Corde
Transvaal Artillery
Aginter
Tandon
Pretoria
Cordua
Transvaal
Lord Roberta
Blanchard
Insects Almost Kill Him Swarm of Mosquitoes Nearly Bite Farmer
Nashville Aug 23 Andrew Schiake a farmer north of the city was found wandering in swampy Okaw river area after being attacked by myriads of mosquitoes. His face and body were covered and swollen from thousands of bites. He was brought home by friends after being lost while hunting. The case is considered serious.
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Nashville
Andrew Schiake
Okaw River
Bchlake
Thad
Malpractice Warrant Ends in Fatal Shooting in Gilman
A warrant service in Gilman New Jersey leads to a fatal shooting of Michael Ryan and a gunfight with bystanders. A sixteen year old girl, Bessie Salter, dies from alleged malpractice. The coroner's jury orders exhumation and a doctor is sought by a mob surrounding Mrs Wright's house. Dennis Carr is wounded during the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman
Michael Ryan
John Milstead
CM. Wright
Bessie Salter
Ryan
Dennis Carr
Tle Les
Corbett Ready to Fight Fitzsimmons if McCoy Fight Fails
New York August 28 James J Corbett says he will fight Bob Fitzsimmons Friday August 31 win or lose his looming bout with Kid McCoy before the Twentieth Century club if McCoy match falls through. He will deposit 2500 to bind a fight with either champion. Jeffries could be next if Fitz declines. Brady says Fitz has deposited 2600 and will decide time and place today.
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Fits Orf
New York
James J. Corbett
Kid McCoy
Twentieth Century Club
Bob Fitssimmons
McCoy
Corbett
Fitz
Jeffries
W.A. Brady
Effries
Fitzsimmons
Robbers Loot South Chicago Bottling Office Safe
Four men broke into the South Chicago Bottling works on Ninety sixth street and Exchange avenue and carried a 1000 pound safe a mile before opening it. Two tiny postage stamps were found inside. Coke Works Shut Down in Dunbar Pa
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Chicago
South
Ninety-sixth Street
Exchange Avenue
Man dies in Monongahela River rescue effort
Uniontown Pa Aug 28 Althon M Rittenour of this place lost his life yesterday while attempting to save Samuel Trimble of East End Pittsburg from drowning in the Monongahela River several miles above Point Marion. Rittenour went to Trimble s aid and both sank after Trimble clutched him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Althn M. Rittenour
Samuel Trimble
East End
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Point Marton
Rittenour
Riot at Dall game spurs danger to players in St Joseph
Aug 28 in St Joseph Missouri a riot after a disputed umpire call sent Eb Tight and Denver players to safety as missiles flew from the stands. Pitcher Schmidt struck at mob members with a club amid the melee. An unknown negro fatally slashed Angus Morrison, Chicago Great Western bridge chief, as he hurried to catch a train. In Paris two aeronauts escaped injury after a balloon swung into telegraph wires at Vincennes and they slid down ropes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Hbright
Denver
Schmidt
Angus Morrison
Chicago Great Western Railway
Acronauta
Paris
Vincennes
Detectives to Nab Adams Express Robbery Suspects
Burlington August 28 detectives departed for the East seeking three men believed to be in the Adams Express robbery gang valued at 520000. Officials expect arrests by noon today as two detectives proceed with the case and other members may be taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Town
Murdered for His Money in Kansas City Area
Edmund Fautrek, 21, son of a wealthy farmer, was killed in Wyandotte County Kansas across the river. Evidence points to murder for robbery. The body was found on the tracks of the Kansas City and Leavenworth Electric railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edmund Fautrek
Wyandotte County
Kan
Fire damages Wooster Street factory in New York
A blaze on the top floor of a Wooster street building housing the Birken-Strait company, makers of Indies underwear, caused about 4 09 000 in losses. The fire risked spreading to adjacent units but was contained with limited further damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wooster Street
Birken-Strait
Forces Beat Back the Boere at Winburg in South Africa
London dispatch reports Buller and Pole-Carew advancing near Daimanutha and Belfast as Boers deploy guns and resist. Olivier captured with three sons taken, Olivier praised as moving spirit in southeast Orange Free State. Casualties listed as light for British, Boer losses heavy with gunners among the dead.
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Winburg
Huller
Pole-Carew
Buller
Olivine
War Office
Lord Roberts
Bruce Hamilton
Olivier
Happers
Orange Colony
Belfast
Bivmuck
Hoers Lane
Butler
Daily Mail
Lourenzo Maranos
Bethel
von Dalwit
Herr Krupp
Marhadodorp
Ham
Botha
Lydenverg
Steyn
Delarrey
Kruger
Watervaldoner
Treaty Expands Trade With Ecuador Via Wine Provisions
Gen Archibald J Sampson United States minister to Ecuador arrives in San Francisco after three years in Quito claiming a new reciprocity treaty favors US interests. Wine promotion cited as a key benefit. current price quoted at 25 per 100 pounds due to steep import duties and arduous 135 mile Andean supply route to Quito at 10 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Francisco
Archibald J. Sampson
Ecuador
Quito
Lof Quito
Andes
Big Strike Looms as Union Leaders Meet Mine Operators
National leaders of the mine workers union are in Heselinn Hazelton Pa for talks with operators on Aug 29. An ominous mood prevails and a prominent movement figure privately doubts a strike imminent, though most indicators point toward one unseen by the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heselinn
Hazelton
Union of
Mine Workers
Ak-nonites Threats Prompt Police Warning in Rioting
Akron Aug 29 soldiers left yesterday and saloons reopened. City is quiet aside from threats that police should not arrest for rioting. No signs of trouble though arrests likely once evidence is collected.
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Akron
Ghlo
Burglar Identified in South Chicago Case Misread Title
The burglar who forced a submission in South Chicago has been identified as Alva McQuiston, a Deshler Ohio school teacher. He and his sisters are noted as respected educators in their community. The prisoner's character remains described as irreproachable.
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Ohin
Chi
Submianton
Olea Orlander
Chicago
Alva McQuiston
Deshler
Ohio
King Humbert Meditated Abdicating Rome to Clergy
Rome reports, via the Daly Express, that King Humbert planned to surrender Rome to church authorities before his death. He allegedly asked Cardinal Prisco for a faithful priest to hear his confession, and the pope may have granted burial after Humbert agreed to abdicate and give up Rome.
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Humbert
Mierarchys
London
Osservatore Romano
Rome
Daly Express
Guiseppe Prieco
Naples
Holy See
Prisco
Vatican circular clarifies papal rights with Italy
A Rome cablegram reports the Vatican note declares the pope renounces none of his rights in the Rome provinces and states he will recognize the new king only as ruler of Sardinia until Italy recognizes the Holy See.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Rom
New York
Journal
Rome
Italy
Holy See
Sardinia
Manila Reports Scouting Yields Little News
Manila August report cites insignificant scouting results and a typhoid fever delay. The USS Californian, departed San Francisco July 27 for Manila via Honolulu, is over a week overdue. The U S Philippine commission releases McKinley instructions to explain policy shifts. Taft and Wright families have arrived.
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Manila
United States
San Francisco
Honolulu
United States Philippine Commission
McKinley
Taft and
Wright
Harvest Home Festival Illness Strikes Dozens in New Jersey
New York reports seven hundred attended Grigestown harvest home festival in New Jersey. About fifty people became ill after eating food served at the event. Five members of Charles Howell Cook’s Belle Mead household and several nearby families were seriously affected though no deaths occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grigestown
N. J
Charles Howell Cook
Belle Mead
Harlingen
Begele Salter Inquest May Hold Mrs Wright for Malpractice
In Gilman on August 28 Mrs Wright was taken to Watseka via Paxton as a crowd posed danger. The mayor ordered saloons closed and a fire death report for three girls was deemed likely mistaken. Testimony may result in Mrs Wright being held for criminal malpractice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keom Gilman
Gilman
Wright
Watseka
Paxton
Begele Salter
Mre. Wright
Negroes seek legal action against Southern disfranchising laws
Boston Aug 30 Giles B Jackson secretary of the Negroes National Business League says the association may hire ex Attorney General A E Pillsbury of Boston and W C P Breckenridge of Lexington Ky to prosecute Southern state governments that enacted laws disfranchising the colored population.
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Boston
Giles B. Jackson
National Business League
A. E. Pillsbury
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Lexington
Lightning Kills Two Boys in Walon Hill Shed
A lightning strike at Walon Hill New York injures several and throws about 10 000 people into a panic. Two boys died, three men and a woman near the scene were knocked unconscious. The bolt struck through a telephone wire near a shed where the boys stood.
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Severn
New York
Walon Hill
N.d
Bellaine Insane Held in Spokane Custody
Spokane records Kennett Harrington Bellaine arrested on insanity charges. His attorneys claim he is nephew of Glade stone and relative of Lord Salisbury, and a former member of the Tondon stock exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helative
Glaierune and Sallsbury
Spokane
Wash
Kennett Harrington Bellaire
Bellaire
Gladestone
Lord Salisbury
Tondon Stock Exchange
Risdon plans largest floating dry dock on San Francisco water front
San Francisco Aug 29. An application has been filed by Risdon from works seeking space on the waterfront near the Risdon plant for a great floating dry dock intended to be the largest on the coast and among the best in the world. The company aims to compete with Union Iron Works for government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Risdon
Tnion Iron Works
Beaten and locked up to prevent lynching in Marion
In Marion Indiana August 22 C Beck a merchant at Point Isabel is held on accusation of criminally assaulting two granddaughters aged eight and four. He was locked up to prevent a lynching as the case drew attention at Point Isabel.
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Marion
Ind
Beck
Point Isabel
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Nan Yuen
Shang Tung
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SMAS
Heward
LATOR
Dunbar
Cambria Steel Company
Johnstown
Mahoning
Atlas
Anchor
Uniondale
Great Bluff
Xhutown
Juhnatown
Fdic
Tlittirton
Daimanutha
French
Lekenvig
Belfast-Lydenburg
Pole- Carew
Eceadon
Poisoneh
Rennes
Bellaine
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